There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est
I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.
I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.
Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill bred it is!